How much HP have you pulled out of your 16V above stock?

Re: How much HP have you pulled out of your 16V above stock? (Wonder Boy!)

Ill tell you the set up Ive got on mine. Well before I would do anything I would make sure my miles wernt to high. No matter how much ya pollish a terd it will still smell. But If your ok on the odometer, I would probly go for a good exhaust system from techtonics tuning and a TT downpipe. Thatl give you usualy aroung 14-18 hp. Then I relocated the battery to the trunk with an Optima for weight distribution and room for an intake system from K&N.(I custom made a ram air system which gave me amazing throttle responce and top end acceleration//email me for instructions) Then after my intake system, I had my car breething much better. The main way to increase HP. (That and Fuel increases)So then I would port and polish the head and get new gaskets. If your mechanically inclined and have around 12-16 hrs you can do it yourself.(although you may loose some blood doing it). Now your engines breething system will kick. (any one smell a setup for cams)I through on a pair of the euro Scirocco cams. Have a much bigger duration and fit better than the Nuespeed Cams(opinion)By now as opposed to the 123hp a 16V hits, you should be pushn aroung 150-+. Now I guaruntee youll love it so far If you do all that. But Iff you really want to go for big power. Id probly through a Turbo on there with a boost controler and try and run at around 10psi. And if you got the cash (youll need alot) through a spearco intercooler in. After that The only real things you could do is little tuning and then through on a 2.0l block. Anybody have questions. Ask me. Good luck!!!
Bryan

Re: How much HP have you pulled out of your 16V above stock? (pre 93 only)

yeah j! what's up, bra?
dude, i'll be at cinci, but the only car that'll be able to give you a run (i hope) is alee's GTI. we should have the full CIS-E from a rocco in there by that time.
my roc currently suffers from the following:
tired block
8th blown tranny (yet another 4K bites the dust)
twisted front crossmember
none of these things are really that big of a deal, but i'm lack the time and cash to fix her up. so, methinks that i'll be rocco-less until spring of 2003.
i'll be rolling down around in my 89 jetta trophy. 2.0 16V (natch), header (hope to have it installed), 2.5" TT exhaust, poly everywhere, apex suspension. if i get a 14.99 out of it, i'll be pleased.
you lead the way, i got your back
jason
the slow bastard

Re: How much HP have you pulled out of your 16V above stock? (jettsetter4life2)

what can i say? i just pass on the details that i got from the dyno operator. is th edyno operator a goon? i dunno. those are the numbers that he gave me, and that's what i'm sticking with.
stock 2.0 16V block
1.8 head, P&P/decked
TT race downpipe
TT 2.25" mandrel exhaust
stock 16V rocco CIS-E
stock cams
that's the majority of it. the car has been stripped out quite a bit. it's no luxury car, that's for sure.
and how am i running 14.2? i just do. when i ran the 14.2, i was using MT slicks that wouldn't hook up in first. if i had had the money to get some wider rubber, and if my exhaust wasn't such kife at the time, i probably coulda done a little better.
with burnt out 185.60.14 yoko A520s, i can do 14.8s all day. it's silly tho cuz the 60' times are usually 2.2-2.3s. no fun at all.



[Modified by the_mad_bastard, 5:22 AM 2-14-2002]

Re: How much HP have you pulled out of your 16V above stock? (rocco2nr)

rocco2nr: the biggest gain that i got with the downpipe was a non-leaky exhaust! it is my opinion that the TT race header is THE BIGGEST WASTE OF MONEY for a slammed mk1, anyways.
i bought it for whatever horrendous price it was, and when installing it, i had hoped that it would fit perfectly, which is usually what TT gear is. the header, however, was angled in such a way that if we tried to connect my 2.25" TT exhaust to it, i would have had to cut part of my floor away to do it. so, we were forced to weld in a 2.25" flex pipe to connect everything together.
my rocco is *probably* about 3-3.5" lower than stock, and the header stuck down from the bottom of the car far enuff that it would hit the ground all the time. it looked really good at night, while blasting along a highway, having sparks fly all over the place - but that was the extent of the headers' positive aspects.
with the header, the top speed was an indicated 215km/h, while the downpipe managed to net me an indicated top speed of 217km/h. bottom end wasn't affected either. the car pulled very strongly from low revs.
HTH!